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Gelato Withdrawals
November 16, 2011 at 11:42 am 49 comments
Standing before the counter, I meant to order a double scoop of stracciatella for one simple reason – after a week in Italy, the chocolate-flecked gelato remained the only flavor I could pronounce correctly.
The first time I bought gelato, I waited in line behind a panther of a woman, distinctly Italian among the throng of tourists. She radiated confidence in a black leather jacket and sky-high stilettos, balancing effortlessly atop the uneven Roman cobblestone. "Una paletta di stracciatella, per favore," she trilled, the double C crackling like almond brittle between her teeth, the final syllable sung out rather than spoken, a ringing "LA."
When the line shuffled forward, my plan to smile and point suddenly lost all appeal, and I blurted out, "Stracciatella!" As parrot-like as the word sounded in my American accent, it seemed less embarassing than blindly butchering anything else.
The gelato culture here isn't anything like eating ice cream in the states. No matter where you are in Rome, you can probably spot a couple gelaterias from where you're standing – across the street, inside the bakeries, even next door to one another. Gelato is denser and creamier than ice cream, with fresh flavors and prices cheaper than water.
I ate gelato twice a day while I was in Italy, for dessert and sometimes for dinner. Some shops packed scoops into chocolate-dipped cones, other topped the cup with a thin waffle cookie called a pizelle, and one store smothered the gelato with unsweetened whipped cream. Pretty soon, before lunch and after dinner, my order became a habit, the only flavor I could say with confidence: "Stracciatella."
I stumbled upon a little gelateria one afternoon in Venice. More of a street-side counter than a shop, tucked in the south end of Campo Santa Margherita, the place didn't advertise its fame as Venice's best gelato with banners or framed awards. But the long line of people, all craning over each other's shoulders to peek at the display case, wordlessly gave me the message.
Unlike some of the shops I'd visited, with counters that wrapped around the room, this place offered fewer than a dozen bins of gelato. But I was struck by the simplicity and intensity of the flavors offered, the effortless swirl of the gelato. Even though I couldn't understand most of the Italian labels, garnishes translated for me – halved figs sparkling atop the fico, tan-edged wisps of coconut dotting the coco, a scattering of skinned hazelnuts over the nocciola.
I was tempted by the amarena, a cream based gelato swirled with sour cherry sauce, the fruit mixed in whole. In the next bin I discovered pistacchio, a flavor I'd seen almost everywhere. But the natural color, paler than the artificial neon green I sometimes saw, made this one stand out. And of course, there was my go-to stracciatella: white and perfectly smooth, aside from the streaks of rippled chocolate marbling throughout.
Before I could order the stracciatella, I discovered a wholly new flavor. Nearly black, this concoction churned dark chocolate into the creamiest-looking gelato I'd ever seen. In the afternoon sun, bits of candied orange peel studding the chocolate caught the light like jewels.
I found the label and immediately got lost in a string of C's and vowels, still too proud to silently point. In the past few weeks I'd visited Scotland and England in the UK, English-speaking cities in the Netherlands, and Paris, which revived my high school French. But here in Italy, with no understanding of the language, I felt so invasive, so touristy, unable to blend in.
When I looked up, the man at the counter was smiling.
"Cioccolato all-arancia," he said, the consonants soft in his deep voice.
"Cho-koh-LAH-toh ahl-ah-RAHN-cha," I repeated.
He worked a bit of gelato back and forth a few times with a flat paddle until it was soft and creamy, and topped a waffle cone with a generous smear. This gelato had the texture of silk, an elusive airiness. The chocolate melted into a bittersweet custard on my tongue, the candied orange like tiny sunbursts. It was simply the best gelato I'd ever tasted.
When I found myself in line for a scoop the next morning in Florence, I scanned the bins, anticipating the flavor I'd choose next. Gianduja? Castagna? Something mysterious called zabaione, with no garnish whatsoever?
Maybe I couldn't speak Italian, but by the time I returned to the Netherlands, I planned to be fluent in gelato.
Click for more photos from my travels in Italy…
A highlight of Venice – getting so lost, I couldn't find a Venetian mask or postcard stand to save my life. Instead I walked through this beautiful neighborhood of marigold and off-white apartments, with laundry connecting each building like carnival banners.
The buildings in Venice are crumbling, but the exposed brick adds even more beauty and character.
Top: A merry-go-round lit up in Florence and the view from a Venetian bridge;
Bottom: Morning and midnight views of Florentine rooftops from the hostel patio
The loveliest door I've ever seen.
Last but not least… I'm so sorry. It had to be done.
See you on the other side of Morocco!
Entry filed under: Frozen Desserts, Travel. Tags: Europe, Florence, frozen, gelato, Italian, Italy, Rome, study abroad, travel, Venice.
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Wow, looks like an amazing trip! Gorgeous photos. :)
Wonderful post! We recently changed our dessert menu to all gelato from ice cream. The triple chocolate with deep rich cocoa powder, Bitter sweet and semisweet chocolate is one of my favorite!
The one thing I loved, loved, loved most about Venice was getting lost in the streets. I was only there a few days, but each day we would get up and just walk and see where the streets took us. One day as we were walking, we could hear singing getting louder and louder. When we rounded a corner, we saw a gondolier coming down a stream with two passengers, singing this beautiful song that echoed off all the walls. It was simply amazing.
Your writing inspires me over and over. Thank you for brighting my grey day.
I have been to that gelato place in Florence! IT'S SO GOOD. We went three days in a row.
The only thing I dislike about this post is: Aaah gelato cravings!!
You write so brilliantly! Loved the description of the panther italian woman, especially how she spoke. You are a wonder-worker with words!
Another beautifully written post! Thank you!
One of the best and worst things I've ever done is eat Gelato in Italy. Best – because it was DELICIOUS! Worst – because there is NOTHING that even comes close in the States (although there is an ice cream/gelato parlot at The Borgata in Atlantic City that has pretty good gelato). My friend and I ate so much gelato in Italy it was obscene. In San Gimignano (a hill town in Tuscany) there is a gelateria called The Pluripremiata Gelato Shop and it has been named "World's Best Gelato" in 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009. It was so good, we ate it twice in 20 minutes! My favorites are Limone and Frutti di Bosco.
yum yum yum yum!!!!
Bravo, the last picture is the best. PS it's pouring rain and perpetually dark out and freezing cold in Seattle.
What a great post! I love love love gelato, my aunt lives in Rome & we would have gelato everday!! Its just not the same here!
Glad you are enjoying Italy & all it has to offer…it is a beautiful country with amazing people. All the best & good luck :)
Oh, & i never saw those pops u took a pic of …did u try those? They look delicious!
Great post. Great photos, especially the final one.
I love gelato too! Great post! Thanks for the tour to Italy thru your words!
I miss Italy!!!… And gelato… and cornetos… and their coffee!!! Oh, and wine!…. Thanks for the post!
Was just in Venice for the first time in May. Don't you just love it there? HOWEVER, we have a gelato place here on las Olas Blvd that has better gelato than any I had in Venice! Gelato and it's American cousin Ice Cream is my favorite food group!
Sharon! No fair teasing us! We need DETAILS about your fabulous gelato place!
The place is called Pan'e Dolci. See this blog:
anxious to hear about your morocco trip! i'm headed there on monday and would appreciate any tips for travel.
I'm still lost in a gelato-filled daydream, mentally savoring the sights and tastes from your post. This post was beyond yummy!
Stracciatella… Oh how I miss real Italian gelato. I'm so glad for you and happy that you got to taste what I consider my favorite dessert!
Have fun in morocco, let's talk sometime
Hi Elissa, I'm happy you enjoyed being in Italy despite your misadventure…I was really sad when I read about the robbery and admired your mature and wise reaction.
Gelato is one of the things that, as Italian, I am most proud of. In the whole country the quality is generally high, however you can always find exceptions.
I am happy you could find a nice gelateria in Venice! when I went there I saw many tiny gelaterie with apparently nice looking gelato which to me seemed all but natural!
As you cleverly guessed when picking your pistachio gelato (my fav one!), the colour is a crucial element to define whether gelato is made with natural ingredients or not. One general rule is in fact to avoid any unnatural coloured gelato, i.e.: pistachio is not bright green and strawberry in not pale pink!
Then I have my onw rule which is to avoid tiny gelaterie (such as those that only have space for the counter, which is often open directly on the streets) since they do not have a kitchen and this often means that gelato is not prepared with fresh and ingredients.
As for "zabaione", it is a kind of custard that we flavour with "Marsala", a sweet fortified wine produced in Sicily. The zabaione gelato is made pretty much with the same ingredients and has the same fantastic flavour. Next time you come to Italy give it a try! :)
Gorgeous post, as usual. Makes me want to run back to Italy – the last time I was there, my gelato consumption was a mandatory two-a-day too. And now Morocco! I'm terribly envious.
So jealous of your gelato eating. If/when I go to Italy again, I'm going to practice my gelato flavor pronunciations, haha.
I am insanely jealous of you right now! You are so lucky that you get to study abroad and eat gelato! You've definitely inspired me to travel or study abroad when I go to university.
i love gelato there is one place in leidchardt in sydney i will only have it from there bar italia its just sooo delicious!
Oh my goodness. I absolutely LOVE your travels. Your pictures make me want to cry they are so beautiful! And you are such a beautiful writer, so inspirational.
I love gelato too. Last year my friend Gustave and I tried to make our own gelato. It was supposed to be strawberry flavor, but it came out tasting kind of like red peppers. Which is strange, because I'm almost positive we put in strawberries, and not red peppers. Just in case, though, here was our recipe. You're welcome to use it or feature it on your blog if you like, just so long as you give us credit.
DELICIOUS Strawberry Gelato
1 gallon milk
100 fresh strawberries (or red peppers…I really can't recall which)
1 tub cream
1 basket gelato
1. Put ingredients in blender.
2. Mix in large blender until creamy.
3. Air dry.
4. Enjoy :)
Hope you get a chance to try this treat out. Maybe you can tell us where we went wrong. Keep up the great work!
-Your friend from Germany, Franz-
what a delicious sounding (and looking!) recipe! Im going to grab a coffee and read more, so glad i found your blog :) Belle
You write beautifully! I was in the Campo santa margharita just last week, and also blogged about it. i got gelato from somewhere else, though, as you might see! hope you're getting over your cravings alright, i'm still in severe gelato-withdrawal shock ! xxx
I just saw you in Food and Wine. Congratulations! Every word they said about you was true, and I can't wait to make the key lime pie.
This is a great story. I loved reading about your travels. Keep it coming! :)
Hi! I just found your blog and I love it!! I am so jealous of all of your adventures in Italy. I have been DYING to go there and I think I might be going next fall (fingers crossed!). And gelato = LOVE.
you have made me want to be in Italy now. Just for gelato. (:
Hi Elissa! Loving your blog :)
I just wanted to say that zabaione is extremely good: it's egg yolk with sugar and Marsala (typical liquor from south of Italy) and it's reall delicious. Next time you come to Italy you have to absolutely try it!
I have never been to italy but this makes me want to go! I love gelato but I've always wondered what it would taste like from it's home!
I was just in Italy last week (Florence and Rome) and also ate gelato twice a day! Gelato for lunch, and gelato for dessert after dinner. It was fantastic. There's an amazing little gelato shop in Florence with DIVINE pistachio and hazelnut flavors… I miss it already!
Wowwowow, that is exactly that kind of ice cream paradise I am dreaming of! It is incredible what choice they have. I am envying you now ;)
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Avast! Did you know that today is Talk Like a Pirate Day?
"Arrr" itself doesn't make a great name — even for pirates — but here's the next best thing: over 120 names that feature the "ar"-sound.
Which of the "ar"-names above do you like best? Did I miss any good ones?
Additions, 9/20:
- Arabella and Arbella, from Elizabeth
- Ariba, from today's post


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I recently invested in two companies whose founders either had little interest in school as students or who dropped out of grad school: MixRank and Influitive. Both management teams are driven, hard working and well
prepared for the difficult road of creating a business from scratch.
It got my co-author Ben T. Smith IV and I thinking. We all know that Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg famously never finished college. But getting to know the founders of MixRank and Influitive suggested that there must be many more with a passing interest in school and perhaps for good reason. There must be a pattern.
With a bit of research, we found over 50 CEOs and founders of successful Silicon Valley companies and many times that running companies elsewhere. Carly Fiorina, for example, didn't finish her J.D. Sergey Brin and Larry Page got their master's, but dropped out of the Ph.D. program. Michael Dell dropped out of pre-med.
Ellison attended University of Illinois at Urbana-Champlain and University of Chicago, but didn't graduate from either. Kevin Rose dropped out of University of Nevada Las Vegas, and the list goes on and on.
In 2001, Michael Spence received a Noble Prize in Economics for his work on information flows and market development. One of his most famous works was the Job Market Signaling Model, where he observed that employees signal their respective skills to employers by acquiring educational degrees. Employers pay higher wages to more educated employees because they know these employees have greater abilities and conclude it will cost less to teach them new skills than employees with lower abilities.
In other words, the education itself may or may not have value to the employer. What's important to employers and what they are paying for is the signal that the students are sending about their intelligence and willingness to work hard.
What these employers look for in employees is the ability to succeed in a competitive and challenging environment. These are great qualities and we as investors are fans of graduates of good schools. But let's take this one step further.
What many employers don't look for in young professionals many investors demand of their CEOs: the ability to focus on what is really important, a predisposition for risk-taking and a healthy dose of irrationality. Can you imagine a bunch of somewhat irrational, laser-focused risk-takers in a corporate environment? You probably can't.
For that reason, most entrepreneurs do not make good employees. In fact, when we look at our investments over the last 10 years, we find in our limited data set that investing in people who were great employees – especially ones with more than 5 years in corporate positions – frequently brings lower returns.
Here's how entrepreneurs themselves think about it:
When we I asked MixRank co-founder Ilya Lichtenstein about his time in college, Ilya replied, "Yeah, I graduated from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2010. I didn't go to class much though, was too busy making money with affiliate marketing." Fellow co-founder Scott Milliken says: "I didn't spend any time in classes either. In my last semester at Berkeley, I was working 40 hours outside of school and taking 21 units. (I) attended 2 out of 5 of my classes. School wasn't nearly as important to me as making money and getting professional experience."
Influitive founder Mark Organ, who dropped out of a Ph.D. program, says, "quitting a Ph.D. program to go build a startup is a touch of madness. Trust me, I know. It was risky. But a founders' sense of probabilities is different. He over weights the value of the big win, no matter how slim the odds are of achieving it. And it's not about the money either, at least to me. We are only here on this earth a short time. We might as well take every opportunity to build something truly consequential before we turn to dust. It's a way of achieving immortality."
Running a startup is about making big decisions every day. There's always a shortage of resources with too many opportunities to pursue and too many masters to serve, including customers, partners, investors, employees. Running a startup is all about making difficult trade-offs and being laser focused. But it also requires all-consuming passion to get through the tough times. It requires a slightly irrational power of conviction.
So what signals to an investor that a 20-something kid asking for a million dollars has what it takes? Perhaps it is dropping out of a really good school to pursue her passion and ambition. What struck us after we compiled the list was that successful dropouts came out of many schools, but three colleges dominated the list. They weren't just good schools, they were great schools: Harvard, Stanford and MIT. Not only do they offer fantastic academics, but also have a deep culture of entrepreneurship and thought leadership.
So next time a Harvard dropout pitches you a social network de jour, take her seriously. Getting into Harvard is difficult. She dreamed about going there for a long time and worked hard to do it. The decision to drop out was agonizing. And yet, here she is. And we wouldn't want to bet against her. Oh yeah, we both graduated, but don't hold that against us.
(Victor Belfor (pictured top) is an entrepreneur and investor and currently runs strategic alliances at RingCentral, He graduated with an engineering degree from Kiev Polytechnic Institute and is pursuing his MBA at Wharton.. He can be found on Twitter @vbelfor. Ben T. Smith IV (pictured above) is CEO of ShopCo, a venture partner at Accelerator Ventures, and a serial entrepreneur and investor and the co-founder of MerchantCircle and Spoke. He is available on Twitter @bentsmithfour) He graduated from U.C. Davis in Engineering and Carnegie Mellon's Tepper School with an MSIA.)


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This morning WTOP radio's Brennan Haselton raises a critical question for the Let Teddy Win movement in advance of today's home opener: Does Teddy have a legal remedy vs. the Nationals?
Haselton features input from WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Dave McConnell and American University law professor Stephen Vladeck, among others. "Teddy really is a victim here," Vladeck proposes, "and the question is why can't the law provide him with a remedy?"
It's a fascinating question and a great piece of journalism, so I'll even forgive Haselton for getting Teddy's loss count wrong. After all, Teddy's streak could end today. Listen Now.
UPDATE: Haselton's feature was awarded the DC Society of Professional Journalists Award for Best Radio Feature of the year, with the Judge's Comment: "Haselton telescopes humor, history, baseball and politics into must-listen radio. The kind of audio treat that brings smiles."


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Top Things to Do in Door County
Highlights of Door County
Roughly 75 miles long and 10 miles across, the Door Peninsula points off the northeast coast of Wisconsin into Lake Michigan and all its dreamy potential.
The area offers more than 300 miles of shoreline to explore, along with a heady blend of culture (art galleries, painters and fine dining) and down-home experiences such as fish boils and orchard-fresh cherry pie. Visitors can hike to lighthouses (10 dot the peninsula) kayak among white-tipped waves, sip wine at jazz concerts or shop small galleries and stores.
Click or tap ahead to find out 16 of our favorite experiences in Door County.
More information: (800) 527-3529; doorcounty.com
Land of lighthouses
Lighthouses guided 19th-century sailors through the treacherous waters along Door County's shoreline. At least a dozen businesses now offer tours of these beacons by trolley, boat or kayak. An annual Lighthouse Walk encourages visitors to explore six Door County sites.
Among the most popular to visit on your own: Cana Island Lighthouse (pictured) sits on its own tiny island; park at the end of a forested road and trek across a rocky Lake Michigan causeway to the lighthouse (weather permitting). Step inside the Keeper's House, peek in the Oil House (from the days before electricity fueled the light), and climb the stairs to a spectacular view from the top of the 89-foot tower.
More information: (920) 743-5958; dcmm.org
- Photo courtesy of Len Villano
Door County's performing arts
The arts scene in Door County has nurtured a variety of performing artists. Nestled in the woods at Peninsula State Park, the 750-seat, open-air Northern Sky Theater has an idyllic setting for its feel-good, humorous musicals about Midwest history and culture. (920) 854-6117; northernskytheater.com
The Peninsula Players Theatre (pictured), the country's oldest professional resident summer theater, offers plays in another lovely setting overlooking the waters of Green Bay, with outdoor tables, a bar and a giant bonfire at intermission. (920) 868-3287; peninsulaplayers.com
For music, look to Birch Creek Music Performance Center, a summer music school for advanced young musicians ages 13-19. By day they're taught by nationally recognized performance artists and educators; by night students and teachers perform at public concerts. Though Birch Creek musicians perform throughout Door County, try to attend a concert on the campus, an old dairy farm with a beautiful new rehearsal hall and renovated "concert barn." (920) 868-3763; birchcreek.org
Whitefish Dunes State Park
This Lake Michigan shore park attracts more annual visitors than any other day-use park in Wisconsin, but Whitefish Dunes State Park's beech forests and wetlands, plus 1.5 miles of sandy beaches and 1.5 miles of rocky shoreline, still feel quiet.
Windswept dunes rise up from the lake, some barren, some covered with swaying dune grasses. The tallest, "Old Baldy," climbs some 90 feet above lake level. A nice network of hiking trails and boardwalks lets you explore the area without damaging the fragile dunes. And the soft sand beach is a perfect spot for swimming, wading and sunning. (920) 823-2400; dnr.wi.gov/topic/parks
- Photo courtesy of Door County Visitor Bureau
Shoreline scenic cruises
Shoreline Charters trips, ranging in length from 45 minutes to more than 2 hours, give visitors a chance to view Door County's lovely coastline from the water. Sights include Peninsula State Park's limestone cliffs and caves; Chambers, Horseshoe and Little Strawberry islands; multimillion-dollar vacation homes; and historic Eagle Bluff Lighthouse (pictured). The first mate gives a spirited, informative narrative and some interesting trivia. Most trips depart from Sister Bay. Be sure to bring a jacket, even if you don't think you'll need it; it's often cooler on the lake. (920) 854-4707; shorelinecharters.net
- Photo courtesy of Door County Visitor Bureau
The Ridges Sanctuary
The Ridges Sanctuary preserves ancient dune ridges that are home to dozens of rare and threatened wildflowers, including more than 25 species of native orchids. In fact, this 1,600-acre plot is believed to be the most biologically diverse area in Wisconsin, with more than 475 plant species. The Ridges, on the north side of Baileys Harbor, was formed in 1937, making it Wisconsin's oldest member-based nature preserve.
Wildflowers are the stars here, but even visitors with little knowledge of native flora will enjoy the five miles of trails and boardwalks, winding through hemlock woods and meadow down to the protected beach. Naturalist-led hikes help visitors appreciate all the treasures. (920) 839-2802; ridgessanctuary.org
Hands On Art Studio
It used to take a rainy day to inspire summer tourists to leave the beaches. Now they head to this vibrant Fish Creek barn and its outbuildings year-round, no matter what the weather, for hands-on art lessons.
Would-be artists can choose from projects including fused glass, metal sculpture, mosaics and ceramic pieces. Special events include weekly Adult Nights, seasonal Rock and Roll Art Nights and Art Camp sessions for kids. Be sure to check out the silo colorfully decorated in tiles created by visitors (pictured). (888) 868-9311; handsonartstudio.com
Peninsula State Park
Hiking, biking, boating, swimming, fishing, camping, golf, a nature center and the historic Eagle Bluff Lighthouse are among the highlights of this Fish Creek park, one of the most popular destinations in Door County. Visit the nature center for information on hikes, crafts programs and outdoor skills workshops. (920) 868-3258; dnr.wi.gov/topic/parks
The Sunset Trail, a 9.6-mile gravel route, is a great introduction to Peninsula State Park. The relatively flat trail begins at the Fish Creek entrance and winds along the western and northern part of the park, through forest, over marsh and rarely far from the waters of Green Bay. The trail is open to bikes, wheelchairs and foot traffic.
For more information on Peninsula State Park Golf Course: (920) 854-5791; peninsulagolf.org
Washington Island
Accessible by a 40-minute ferry ride from Northport Pier and Gills Rock, the 35-square-mile Washington Island offers beaches, museums and farms. The trip covers the once-treacherous waters that mariners dubbed "Death's Door" (but you're likely to make a safe crossing).
Among the attractions on the island: Stavkirke (pictured), a timber-frame Lutheran chapel modeled after the medieval churches in Norway built in the 15th century; and the Farm Museum, which showcases life on an 1880s Washington Island farm. (920) 847-2179; washingtonislandchamber.com
Rock Island
The entire 900-acre Rock Island is a forested state park, where visitors discover great spots for hiking, fishing, picnicking and camping. No cars or bikes are allowed; access is by private boat or a passengers-only ferry from Washington Island. (920) 847-2235; dnr.wi.gov/topic/parks
Rock Island has 40 reservable campsites, picnic tables and fire rings, plus 10 miles of trails, naturalist programs and 5,000 feet of beach. The Pottawatomie Lighthouse on the northern tip of the island dates from 1836 and was the first lighthouse along Wisconsin's Great Lakes shorelines.
Door County fish boils
This Door County cooking method, started by Scandinavian settlers more than a century ago, remains popular with visitors today. A huge black pot of fresh whitefish, potatoes and onions bubbles and hisses over an open fire. When the fish is done, a Master Boiler tosses a small amount of fuel oil or kerosene under the pot. A burst of flames causes the water and floating fish oils to boil over, and the steaming meal is ready to serve. (800) 527-3529; doorcounty.com
Many local restaurants offer fish boils; among the best-known is the White Gull Inn in Fish Creek, which hosts fish boils four nights a week during the summer (and on Fridays the rest of the year). (888) 364-9542; whitegullinn.com
- Photo courtesy of Door County Visitor Bureau
Peninsula School of Art
With a beautiful wooded setting and a main building inspired by Door County's octagonal barns, the Peninsula School of Art campus serves as a hub for the area's art colony. Visitors can enjoy guided tours of the school on Fridays, view exhibits or register for workshops that range from oil painting to metalwork, pastels to pottery. (920) 868-3455; peninsulaartschool.com
Artists from across the country come for the school's biggest event, the Plein Air Festival, in late July. It's an ideal time to catch artists in action, painting at easels set up in Door County harbors, along the wooded shore or above favorite vistas. Paintings are auctioned to the public in Fish Creek. (920) 868-3455; doorcountypleinair.com
Door County wineries
The rolling land in the middle of the Door Peninsula is home to several wineries. Visit them at your own pace, or ride along on the Door County Trolley's wine tour. (866) 604-5573; doorcountytrolley.com
Tours at Simon Creek Vineyard and Winery (pictured), the largest vineyard in Wisconsin, are free. (920) 746-9307; simoncreekwines.com
Door County's famed Montmorency cherries are picked, packaged and made into wine at Lautenbach's Orchard Country Winery and Market, which offers free wine tastings (up to six per person). (866) 946-3263; orchardcountry.com,
More information: (800) 527-3529; doorcounty.com
Iconic restaurants
The Door County dining scene includes landmarks such as Al Johnson's Swedish Restaurant and Butik (pictured) and Wilson's Restaurant and Ice Cream Parlor. Al Johnson's, in Sister Bay, serves Swedish staples in a log building known for live goats on the grass roof. (920) 854-2626; aljohnsons.com
Wilson's, with its old-fashioned jukeboxes, has been an Ephraim institution since 1906. For a cheap lunch, order a flame-broiled burger and a thick malt or fresh-brewed root beer. (920) 854-2041; wilsonsicecream.com
Cave Point County Park
Limestone ledges rise 20 to 30 above Lake Michigan, etched with caves and overhangs from eons of scouring ice and crashing waves in this park. On many days, Lake Michigan's waves crash into the rock with a resonant boom and explosion of spray. Bring a picnic to this small (19-acre) park to enjoy the show. A trail in Cave Point County Park connects with more extensive trails in the adjacent Whitefish Dunes State Park. (920) 746-9959; map.co.door.wi.us/parks
Door County shopping
The county's tourism industry supports a fabulous variety of shops, galleries and markets. Among our favorites:
• For clothing: Maple Grove Gallery, in the middle of the peninsula, features colorful handwoven scarves, jackets, shawls and more, most made by designer and weaver Gloria Hardiman. (920) 839-2693; gloriahardiman.com
• For art: Edgewood Orchard Galleries, a beautifully restored fruit barn-turned-gallery near Fish Creek, showcases work by more than 150 artists from Wisconsin and around the country. (920) 868-3579; edgewoodorchard.com
• For home and garden: Blue Dolphin House in Ephraim, housed in a renovated farmhouse, has contemporary furniture, home and garden accessories and gifts. (800) 765-0141; bluedolphinhouse.com
• For Christmas: Pipka's of Door County (pictured), in Sister Bay, sells Santas, snow globes and other collectibles inspired by the sketches of folk artist Pipka Ulviden. pipkas.com
A taste of cherries
Door County, Wisconsin's leader in cherry production, is home to almost 50 orchards. You can pick them (harvest season typically runs from late July into August), eat them in still-warm pies, or take them home in one of the county's many packaged cherry products.
During peak summertime season, Seaquist Orchards Farm Market (north of Sister Bay) sells more than 700 cherry pies a week -- plus cherry pie filling, cherry salsa, cherry vinaigrette dressing and dozens of other cherry creations. (800) 732-8850; seaquistorchards.com
Sweetie Pies, south of Fish Creek, sells tempting cherry, apple-cherry and cherry-rhubarb pies, among other goodies. (877) 868-2744; doorcountypies.com
For pick-your-own orchards, check the Wisconsin Cherry Growers website. wisconsincherrygrowers.org
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Schoenus neocaledonicus var. juvenis (C.B.Clarke) Kük.
First published in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 44: 19 (1938)
This name is a synonym of Schoenus neocaledonicus
POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:
- Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215. [Cited as Schoenus neocaledonicus.]
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0


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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. >> Sergio Garcia had one of those stretches where it felt like every putt was going to drop. He needed every one of them Friday for a 7-under 65 to match his best score on the TPC Sawgrass and take a one-shot lead over Tiger Woods among early starters at The Players Championship.
Garcia didn't miss a fairway and putted for birdie on every hole on the back nine and wasn't gaining any ground. That changed on the front nine when he made seven straight putts — five of them from about 15 feet or longer — to race by Woods and into the lead.
"When you start going like that, obviously it feels great," said Garcia, who was at 11-under 133. "Everything seems kind of clearer in your head. You seem to see the break. You seem to feel like everything is a little bit easier, a little bit smoother, and you hit the putt and it manages to go in.
"If it was easy, we would have plenty of those, but it's not," he said. "Enjoy them while you have them."
Woods looks like he's having a good time on the course that has vexed him more than any other on the PGA Tour, and he could be the greater threat on the weekend. Already a three-time winner this year on tour, Woods has rarely put himself in trouble and had his second straight 67.
Woods was at 134, his best 36-hole total by six shots at this tournament, including the year he won.
He tied for the lead with a 5-wood into 20 feet for eagle on the par-5 second hole, and then took the lead alone with a short birdie on the fourth. But it didn't last long. Garcia, playing in the group ahead of him, ran off five straight birdies, finishing that stretch with a 20-foot putt on No. 5 and a 25-footer on No. 6.
Woods and Garcia have played together on big stages — Bethpage Black, Royal Liverpool — with a big edge for Woods. They had to wait to see if they would be in the final group on Saturday with half the field still on the course.
Then again, Sawgrass tends to turn nasty in the afternoon as the greens get firmer and shots tend to release instead of settling close to the hole. Among those who played late was Roberto Castro, who opened with a 63 and already had three bogeys in his second round.
Woods again handled the par 5s and now has played them in 8-under for the week, including his eagle. What impressed him more was his overall game. He was asked if there was any part of his game that made him unhappy.
"No, I'm pretty pleased with where it's at right now," Woods replied.
The reporter looked at him, waiting for more. Woods looked back and finally added with a grin, "Did I answer that?"
Garcia and Woods first were linked when the Spaniard was 19 and gave Woods all he could handle at Medinah in the 1999 PGA Championship. They were paired in the final round of the 2002 U.S. Open and 2006 British Open, both won by Woods.
If they play together Saturday, Garcia said he wouldn't see it as anything but another round of golf.
"I don't have to measure myself against anybody," Garcia said. "I know what I want to try to do, and any given day I can shoot a round like this and any other day he can shoot a good round and beat me. Like we always say, it's not a sprint, it's a marathon. So there are going to be good days and not so good days, so just got to enjoy the good ones as much as possible."
Lee Westwood chipped in from 100 feet for eagle on the 11th hole and was atop the leaderboard until making pars on his last eight holes. He had a 66 and was two shots behind, along with Kevin Chappell who had a 66.
Ryan Palmer, who learned Thursday night that one of his best friends died in a car accident in San Antonio, had two eagles in a round of 69 and was three shots behind. Defending champion Matt Kuchar birdied three of his last four holes for a 66 and was at 7-under 137.
Woods won The Players in 2001, highlighted by that 60-foot putt on the island green described by NBC Sports analyst Gary Koch as "better than most." But he has only seriously contended twice, and he has failed to crack the top 20 eight times in 15 appearances.
Woods is accentuating only the positive.
"Even though I haven't played well in the past, I've still won here," he said. "Actually, I've won here twice, technically."
He was referring to the U.S. Amateur in 1994, the first of his three straight titles.
"I haven't played my best here, but I've always felt that courses, even though it's been a while I've won on them, I've still won on them," Woods said. "I know how to get around this golf course. This course, more than most, really tests every facet of your game. You have to drive the ball well. You have to hit your irons in the correct spots, and if you don't hit your irons in the correct spots, you're going to have some really funky up-and-downs.
"It's trying to manage the ball in the correct spots, and I've done that the first two days."
Woods twice made bogey, both times missing the fairway to the right on No. 14 and No. 7. He finished with a 20-foot birdie putt.
Garcia, for two hours, looked like he couldn't miss.
His streak began with a 15-foot birdie putt on the par-5 second. He stuffed his tee shot into 6 feet on the third, and hit wedge to 8 feet on the fourth. He followed that with his two long birdie putts, made a putt just inside 15 feet for par on the seventh and ended his big run with the 40-footer on No. 8.
Garcia also is a past champion, winning a playoff in 2008.
"Fortunately for me, I've managed to play quite decent on this golf course," Garcia said. "So any good thing that you can get in your head, it's obviously positive and those kind of things always help. But it's a different year. We'll see if we can manage to do something similar."


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Sports update: Inquiry says Incognito, 2 others harassed Martin
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An investigation into the racially charged Miami Dolphins bullying scandal detailed widespread harassment in the team's locker room that extended beyond the two players at the center of the probe.
The NFL-ordered report stated there was a "pattern of harassment" committed by at least three players and extended to two lineman and an assistant trainer, all targets of vicious taunts and racist insults.
Lawyer Ted Wells released the report Friday, saying guard John Jerry and center Mike Pouncey followed Richie Incognito's lead in harassing Jonathan Martin, who left the team in October. They threatened to rape his sister, called him a long list of slurs and bullied him for not being "black enough."
Martin is biracial, Incognito is white, and Jerry and Pouncey are black.
Martin's agent Kenneth Zuckerman said his client feels "vindicated" by the report.
"He feels a great sense of relief," Zuckerman told The Associated Press. "Jonathan Martin is a great man and he's only shown me that he is very honest since the day I met him. He loves football and is eager to get back on the field, regardless of what team he plays for."
Incognito's attorney Mark Schamel released a statement calling Wells' report "replete with errors" and said that Martin "was never bullied by Richie Incognito or any member of the Dolphins' offensive line."
Martin, who has two years left on his contract with the Dolphins, declined interview requests.
Incognito was suspended in November, but Pouncey and Jerry remained starters throughout the season.
The report mentioned another offensive lineman and an assistant trainer who also routinely came under attack from the trio. Neither was identified in the report.
The report chronicled Martin's struggle to deal with a "pattern of harassment," including emotional text exchanges with his parents and a description of him crying in the bathroom after one particularly painful attack.
Martin also told investigators that he "believed that trying to engage in a physical confrontation with these three — whom he viewed as a united group — would only make matters worse."
The inquiry said Martin was taunted and ridiculed almost daily. After Martin left the team, Incognito boasted about "breaking Jmart" in a notebook the linemen used to tally fines and bonuses among themselves. When the investigation began, Incognito asked another player to destroy the book, saying "They're going to suspend me."
Other sports headlines:
Hanyu wins men's Olympic gold, Chan 2nd, Ten 3rd
Details disclosed in investigations of ex-NFL star
US changing suits after dismal speedskating start


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Presidents Day weekend is approaching, and in Washington, DC, that means just one thing: It's time for that now-annual tradition, the Washington Nationals Presidents Race tryouts.
The Washington Nationals will once again be holding auditions on Presidents Day weekend for those who want to compete as racing presidents George, Tom, Abe, or Teddy during the 2010 season.
The tryouts will be held on Saturday, February 13th at Nationals Park, and are closed to the public. To score an invitation and your chance to run in the footsteps of giants, you must e-mail a cover letter, resume and recent photo to firstname.lastname@example.com with "2010 PRESIDENTS RACE" in the subject line.
Job requirements include being between 5'7" and 6' 6" in height, and being able to run approximately 200 yards while wearing a 45-pound costume. You must be available for at least 40% of Nationals home games (a minimum of 33 games) plus the Nationals League playoffs and World Series, of course (What? I can dream.).
The part-time, seasonal job includes not only participating in the presidents race, but also posing for photos, signing autographs, and appearing at "selected outside events."
This past year, appearances included stops at the White House, in inauguration festivities, traveled to New York to race on ice skates, visited a Wizards game, traveled with the team to Pittsburgh, and made a variety of promotional appearances around DC.
In previous years, the tryout regimen has included running against other candidates, dancing, and demonstrating celebration skills. Some coverage of last year's event from WTOP:
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Is Kindred Hospital - San Francisco Bay Area threatening to send you to A DEBT COLLECTOR for a bill you can't afford to pay?
If you have a recent medical bill for an emergency visit or any other reason, you might be getting letters or calls telling you to pay that bill before it is sent to collections and shows up on your credit report.
It's not too late to get help. Nonprofit hospitals in San Leandro, CA and across the country have to offer charity care programs to patients. That means they forgive bills for people who don't make enough to afford their bills. And they have to consider your application for 240 days after the first bill – even if they have already sent you to collections.
Are you looking to crowdfunding to save you from MASSIVE medical bills from your hospital that you can't pay, check if you qualify for charity care.
These days, more and more people turn to websites like GoFundMe, Medgift, and other crowd-based websites to help pay their hospital debt. They post links to their fundraisers on Facebook, Nextdoor, and Instagram. Friends and family give what they can, and help spread the word to their network, so that even strangers can donate to their campaigns.
But before you create that fundraising campaign, you should check that you even have to pay that bill. Most hospitals will not tell you that you are eligible for charity care until you ask about it. That's one of the reasons Dollar For works so hard to make charity care known, easy, and fair for everyone.
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Here's the truth: The government doesn't shut down
WASHINGTON - Here's the truth about a government "shutdown." The government doesn't shut down.
So the world won't end if a dysfunctional Washington can't find a way to pass a funding bill before the new budget year begins on Oct. 1.
Social Security checks will still go out. Troops will remain at their posts. Doctors and hospitals will get their Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements. In fact, virtually every essential government agency, like the FBI, the Border Patrol and the Coast Guard, will remain open. Furloughed federal workers probably would get paid, eventually. Transportation Security Administration officers would continue to man airport checkpoints.
But lurking around the corner is far bigger danger: Sometime in late October or early November the government could run out of cash. The U.S. would be unable to pay all of its bills in full and on time for the first time in history if it couldn't borrow more money.
While the Treasury Department probably would make interest payments to bondholders to prevent a catastrophic default on the debt, it wouldn't be able to make other payments on time, which would mean delays in Social Security benefits and in paychecks for federal workers and troops in the field.
Americans would feel the pain.
To prevent a "shutdown," Congress must pass a temporary spending bill before Oct. 1. To prevent a default, it must raise the $16.7 trillion cap on government borrowing.
Averting a shutdown is supposed to be easy. There hasn't been one since the 1995-96 battle in which President Bill Clinton bested Newt Gingrich and his band of budget-slashing conservatives. This time, the conservatives want to hold government-funding hostage in order to derail the implementation of President Barack Obama's law to make people buy health insurance. GOP leaders want to avoid a shutdown and are trying to finesse a solution.
Raising the debt limit is typically more difficult, but it has always been done because the possible consequences of default are so dire: upheaval in financial markets, a spike in U.S. borrowing costs and a host of delayed payments to both individual Americans and businesses. Under current estimates, the "X date" by which the government can't meet all of its payments would come in the latter half of October or early November. So Congress needs to act by mid-October to be safe.
In the separate case of a shutdown, fewer than half of the 2.1 million federal workers subject to it would be forced off the job if the Obama administration follows the rules followed by previous Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Clinton. That's not counting about 500,000 Postal Service employees or 1.4 million uniformed military personnel who would be exempt.
The rules for who works and who doesn't date back to the early 1980s and haven't been significantly modified since. The Obama administration re-issued the guidance on Wednesday.
The air traffic control system, food inspection, Medicare, veterans' health care and many other essential government programs would run as usual. The Social Security Administration would not only send out benefits but would continue to take applications. The Postal Service, which is self-funded, would keep delivering the mail. The Federal Emergency Management Agency could continue to respond to disasters at the height of hurricane season.
The Washington Monument would be closed. But it's been closed anyway since an earthquake in 2011.
Museums along the National Mall would close, too. National parks would be closed to visitors, a loss often emphasized in shutdown discussions.
The Capitol would remain open, however. Congress is deemed essential, despite its abysmal poll ratings.
From a practical perspective, shutdowns usually aren't that big a deal. They happened every year when Jimmy Carter was president, averaging 11 days each. During President Reagan's two terms, there were six shutdowns, typically just one or two days apiece. Deals got cut. Everybody moved on.
In 1995-96, however, shutdowns morphed into political warfare, to the dismay of Republicans who thought they could use them to drag Clinton to the negotiating table on a balanced budget plan.
Republicans took a big political hit, but most Americans suffered relatively minor inconveniences like closed parks and delays in processing passport applications. Some 2,400 workers cleaning up toxic waste sites were sent home, and there were short delays in processing veterans' claims.
Under a precedent-setting memorandum by Reagan budget chief David Stockman, federal workers are exempted from furloughs if their jobs are national security-related or if they perform essential activities that "protect life and property."
In 1995, that meant 571,000 Defense Department civilian employees, some 69 percent, remained at post, while 258,000 other Pentagon workers were furloughed. Eighty-five percent of Veterans Administration employees went to work as did 70 percent of Transportation Department workers. The Transportation Security Administration didn't exist back then, but agency officials have given assurances that TSA officers will screen airline passengers, though administrative workers will stay home.
Then there's Social Security. Current beneficiaries need not worry; their payments wouldn't be affected. And given the most recent precedent from the Clinton administration, those eligible to apply for benefits would be able to do so. During the first shutdown in 1995, the Social Security Administration initially furloughed 93 percent of its workers and stopped enrolling new beneficiaries. But it reversed course in the second shutdown and kept 50,000 additional workers on the job.
A funding lapse, or shutdown, involves the authority to spend new money. A default involves the ability to pay obligations already incurred.
A default would occur if the government is no longer able to borrow and has run out of cash to pay all the bills coming due. Then, the government has to rely on cash coming in to pay whatever bills it can.
Since the government has never defaulted, it's impossible to know for sure how it would behave. But it's commonly assumed that Treasury would make sure that it would meet interest payment so as to not alarm financial markets and prompt U.S. creditors to stop "rolling over" debt by reinvesting bonds when they mature.
"If the federal government actually were to default on its debt obligations, the full faith and credit of the U.S. government is in question and it can have devastating effects on Treasury's ability to borrow and on the stability of financial markets in general," said Keith Hennessey, former Director of the National Economic Council in the George W. Bush White House.
Earlier this year the GOP-controlled House passed legislation requiring Treasury to "prioritize" its obligations to pay interest payments and Social Security benefits first if there's not enough cash to pay all the bills.
But while it's relatively easy to prioritize interest payments, Treasury's computer systems aren't programmed in such a way that it'd be easy to pick and choose what payments to make.
In an internal review after the 2011 debt crisis, Treasury officials told an agency inspector general that best option in a cash crunch would be to delay payments. In other words, Treasury would figure out how much a particular day's bills cost and then pay those bills when enough cash came in. That would mean the government would quickly fall behind on its payments.
Let's say the government runs out of cash on Oct. 18, the earliest date at which default might occur, according to estimates by the Bipartisan Policy center, a Washington think tank. Were the impasse to continue into November, a host of major payments due on Nov. 1 - including $25 billion in Social Security benefits - would be delayed almost two weeks.
Oh, and the people who receive their Social Security at the beginning of the month are those who've been in the system since before May of 1997, which means most of them are more than 80 years old.
Ironically, in a default scenario, more federal employees could report to work than if there's a funding lapse. They just couldn't get paid on time.


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I could make various appeals about who you should vote for and why (particularly if you're registered in a state with a toss-up race), but instead I'll simply encourage you to go out and vote.
(I'm a politics junkie, so I'll have one eye on the election action today, but I'm also going to attempt to bring back a project I created a few years ago for Page 2 that tried to be a grand unifying theory between sports and politics. More on that later.)
Running down today's big storylines:
Seahawks blank Raiders on MNF: Here's my favorite stat:
This is the video clip of the day: Tyler Brayton having his "YouTube Moment," with a well-placed knee to the groin on national TV. Nothing -- nothing -- is as consistently entertaining as the Groin Shot. (via WithLeather)
NFL Flex Schedule for 11/19: The Chargers-Broncos game got plucked for Sunday primetime, so save your gripes about "East Coast Bias." The league could have moved the Pats, but didn't. (Maybe because they were playing the Packers.)
(Meanwhile, off today's election theme, you might notice that NBC's Election studio looks remarkably similar to the set of Football Night in
Speaking of Sunday primetime, if both Michael Strahan and Brian Urlacher sit next week when the Bears play the Giants, does the game still make a sound?
JoePa is a gamer: How many other coaching Methuselahs would rally from a broken leg to be ready for Saturday? Supposedly, he plans to be on the sidelines for the
CFB Top 25 Mea Culpa: Kudos to all commenters who correctly pointed out the MASSIVE FLAW IN MY LOGIC in assigning Louisville the "best" win of the season over Ohio St. I should have corrected it to say that Ohio St. has the best win of the season. Arkansas has the second-best. Auburn has the third-best. Louisville is off the map. If I was half as clever as I *think* I am, the world would be a better place. I regret the error and -- even though I think Louisville would beat Michigan on a neutral field -- I will likely switch my poll ballot around.
Three things about last night's NBA results:
(1) Don Nelson won his
(3) If the Knicks are going to reach the magical "24 wins" mark, beating the elite teams like the Spurs isn't necessary. But a 1-3 start puts them off the 24-W pace.
Clemens, Pettitte file for F.A.: How amusing would it be to see them come out as a package deal, available to -- say -- the Yankees, who could afford both -- plus a certain Japanese import? I think my head would implode, along with many other fans. Speaking of which...
Only one more day for teams to get their sealed posting bids in for Daisuke Matsuzaka. Any last predictions at the number? $30 mil? More?
(Apparently, his nickname is "D-Mat," which is unfortunate. Can't they do better than the tired "first name intitial-first syllable of last name" construction? Based on his mythical super-pitch, why not call him "Gyro?" Too "American Gladiators?")
-- "D-Shan" (ugh)


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Superstorm Sandy Gloucester ~ The Morning After
Filmed on October 30, 2012, the morning after Superstorm Sandy, at Brace Cove, Gloucester. We were very fortunate to miss the brunt of the storm; Gloucester survived with relatively minimal damage. A heavy, thick steely-gray bank of clouds dominated the sky and the sun broke through for only a brief period. The streaming shafts of sunlight created a beautiful ethereal glow filtering through the atmosphere. The wind was very strong and caused a good deal of camera shake.
Music composed by Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg and performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Opus 46: Morning Mood.
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Muslims said to use mistaken identity to stop activities of Christian who refused to recant.
DHAKA, Bangladesh, August 27 (CDN) — A Christian convert from Islam was falsely arrested for cattle theft last weekend in a bid by influential Muslims to stop his Christian activities, area villagers said.
Day laborer Abul Hossen, 41, was arrested on Saturday (Aug. 21) for alleged cattle theft in Dubachari village in Nilphamari district, some 300 kilometers (180 miles) northwest of the capital, Dhaka.
Christian villagers told Compass that Hossen was the victim of "dirty tricks" by influential Muslims.
"There is another Abul Hossen in the village who might be the thief, but his father-in-law is very powerful," said Gonesh Roy. "To save his son-in-law, he imputed all the blame to a different Abul Hossen who is a completely good man."
Hossen, who converted to Christianity from Islam in 2007, has been very active in the community, and Muslims are harassing him with the charge so his ministry will be discredited and villagers will denounce his faith, Roy said.
"If he can be accused in the cattle theft case, he will be put in jail," Roy said. "He will be a convicted man, and local people and the believers will treat him as a cattle thief. So people will not listen to a thief whatsoever."
Some 150 villagers, about 20 percent of them Christian, went to the police station to plea for his freedom, he and other villagers said.
Sanjoy Roy, a lay pastor with Christian Life Bangladesh, told Compass that Hossen was a fervent Christian and that some Muslims have been trying to harass him since his conversion.
"They are hoping that if he is embarrassed by this kind of humiliation, he might not witness to Christ anymore, and it will be easy to take other converted Christians back to Islam," Sanjoy Roy said. "He is a victim of dirty tricks by some local people."
Hossen was baptized on June, 12, 2007 along with 40 other people who were raised as Muslims. Of the 41 people baptized, only seven remained Christian, with villagers and Muslim missionaries called Tabligh Jamat forcing the remaining 34 people to return to Islam within six months, sources said.
Local police chief Mohammad Nurul Islam told Compass that officers had arrested a cattle thief who confessed to police that his accomplice was named Abul Hossen.
"Based on the thief's confessional statement, we arrested Abul Hossen," said Islam. "There are several people named Abul Hossen in the village, but the thief told exactly of this Abul Hossen whom we arrested."
Hossen denied the allegation that he was involved in cattle theft, Islam said.
"Hossen is vehemently denying the allegation, but the thief was firm and adamantly said that Hossen was with him during the theft," he said. "Then we took Hossen on remand for three days for further inquiry."
A former union council chairman who is Muslim, Aminur Rahman, also told Compass that Hossen was a scapegoat.
"He is 100 percent good man," said Rahman, who also went to the police station to plea for Hossen's freedom the day after his arrest. "There are two or three people named Abul Hossen in the village. Anyone of them might have stolen the cattle, but I can vouch for the arrested Abul Hossen that he did not do this crime."
Whether Hossen is a Christian, Muslim or Hindu should not matter in the eyes of the law, Rahman said.
"He is an innocent man," he said. "So he should not be punished or harassed. That is why I went to police station to request police to free him."
Local government Union Council Chairman Shamcharan Roy, a Hindu from Lakmichap Union, told Compass that Hossen was not engaged in any kind of criminal activities.
"In my eight years of tenure as a union council chairman, I did not find him engaged in any kind of criminal activities," said Shamcharan Roy. "Even before my tenure as a chairman, I did not see him troublesome in the social matrix."
Immediately after Hossen's arrest, Shamcharan Roy went to the police station and requested that he be freed, he added.
"I was under pressure from local people to free him from custody – more than 100 villagers went to the police camp, getting drenched to the skin in the heavy downpour, and requested police to free him," Shamcharan Roy said. "Police are listening to a thief but are deaf to our factual accounts about Abul Hossen."
In July 2007, local Muslims and Tabligh Jamat missionaries gathered in a schoolyard near the homes of some of the Christians who had been baptized on June 12, a source said. Using a microphone, the Muslims threatened violence if the converts did not come out.
Fearing for their lives, the Christians emerged and gathered. The source said the Muslims asked them why they had become Christians and, furious, told them that Bangladesh was a Muslim country "where you cannot change your faith by your own will."
At that time, Hossen told Compass that Muslims in the mosque threatened to hang him in a tree upside down and lacerate his body with a blade. Hossen said the Muslims "do not allow us to net fish in the river" and offered him 5,000 taka (US$75) and a mobile phone handset if he returned to Islam.
"But I did not give up my faith, because I found Christ in my heart," Hossen told Compass in 2007. "They threatened me with severe consequences if I do not go back to Islam. I said I am ready to offer up my life to Christ, but I won't renounce my faith in Him."
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Certainties disappear
What do we do for our dream to survive?
How do we keep all our passions alive,
As we used to do.
Evita – You Must Love me
So the realm I went back to is kind of dead.
That's ok, I can deal with 6 min BG queues, do LFR for the hoot, pick up a 10 man DS, and finish it most of the time.
I now have Team Speak, Mumble, and Vent installed – ( I'm all for choice, but that's getting kind of silly. )
Getting confused being the Dps/Heals offspec on boss by boss whim ( yes I can still heal spine in Pvp Healing gear without a wipe) but trying to do runs as DPS instead of the old reliable heals just because its more fun, and I wanted the gear.
I can dabble in random Arena, catch a BH, and do plenty of Pvp, or a bit of farming. The odd achievement, and a Heroic Cunning of the Cruel trinket in the luckiest moment in trade pug history. I got the awesome dps trinket in DS , ( lots of fun in pvp too)
But it was at the point where everyone's passion had died. We needed that release date for MOP. Had to have hope for the future, a time line we could work towards ( and book annual leave from work for 🙂 ( undecided on that yet)
So yeah for a release date.
Fluffy panda future here we come.


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It was an afternoon to remember at Nationals Park.
The last game of the season was designated Fan Appreciation Day by the Nationals, and the 23,944 who made their way to Natstown for the rare late afternoon start got plenty to appreciate, starting with free fleece blankets and leading to perhaps a glimpse of the future: heroics by the team's young prospects, a sweep of the New York Mets, and an unlikely playoff atmosphere.
Heading into the game, it appeared that little suspense remained in the Nationals disappointing season beyond the outcome of the 4th-inning presidents race.
Would Abe Lincoln, coming off a 5-race winning streak, extend his dominance? Would Teddy Roosevelt surprise the field, end the curse, and send Nats fans into the off season filled with hope? Or would George Washington or Thomas Jefferson emerge from the pack to break their 2nd-place tie in the final race of the year?
Abe and Tom broke out to an early lead, with Teddy trailing behind. George Washington uncharacteristically got a late start, then inexplicably ran the wrong way along the left field wall.
Abe and Tom ran neck and neck around the right field corner before realizing that the finish line had disappeared. It had been moved to the other side of the field, where George was crossing it uncontested.
As this video by YouTube member lfahome shows, Abe Lincoln was furious, and let out some of his 'roid rage on the tarp roller in foul territory.
It's not clear how or why the finish line moved, but it appears that only George got the memo.
If in fact George Washington fixed the race in his favor, then one would think he'd be disqualified. But as we all know, Teddy will finish the season as the only racing president to have been subject to disqualification. The fix is definitely in, but it's all about Teddy. It's "wait 'till next year" once again for Teddy Roosevelt fans. Here's hoping that next season they'll Let Teddy Win.
Final 2009 Presidents Race Standings:
|Abraham Lincoln
|George Washington
|Thomas Jefferson
|Teddy Roosevelt
Photo by Flickr user tbridge